NTUC operations department must ensure that part time cashier are given break time according to their work time. NTUC@Admiralty sometimes do not give break to part time cashiers who have work for 6 hours. When the outlet are busy, no break was given to the part time cashier except for toilet break.
This is a violation of work practices. Most company will give workers 15 minutes of rest for every 4 hours work. NTUC Supermarket should understand this and should not abuse the system and allowed a worker to work beyond 5 hours without a break. This is mainly the problem with the management of the NTUC Outlet as it is not within the control of NTUC headquarters.
My wife has rejoin the work force by joining NTUC Supermarket as a part time cashier. But her experience as a NTUC Cashier was disappointing. She work part time for 6 hours and she was not given a 15 mins break except toilet break. She went through the 6 hours without meal except for the food taken before start of work.
NTUC should be a role model for the industry and should take care of cashiers standing at their tills. Would our Singapore Minister stand at NTUC Supermarket cashier tills for 4 hours without a small break.
Efforts must also be made to take care of our workers if we except them to be more productive. European staff are given 15 mins break regardless on whether your are full or part time staff.
Panasonic Semiconductor has official retrenched staff from its Ang Mo Kio Plant in Singapore. The retrenchment exercise was carry out yesterday and today. 132 staffs are expected to be affected in this retrenchment exercise. All staffs will get the full compensation according to the industry standard. Staff working over three years will get one month for every year of service. There is a possibility of a second round of retrenchment if sales does not improve.
It is sad to see our colleagues left this place where we have worked together for the past few years. The economy crunch has greatly affected the electronics sector and Japanese Companies can not be spare also. Panasonic has already announced the Global Retrenchment of 15,000 staffs worldwide by 2010.
Malaysia plant has a much better compensation package than for the Singapore staff. They are being paid for compensation but if your service duration is below 5 years, you are likely only being paid a 3 months salaries. If your service year is over 5 years, you may get a one month to 1.6 months compensation rate. Malaysia already has one plant closed in January 2009 and you can read more about it by
clicking here.
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